My Final Major Project will be a series of science-fiction graphic novels, aimed towards a young adult market. The title of my project will be the "Invasion of the Cryp'lar Series," with each of the novels named in the following order; "Extinguish," "Vanquard,""Resolute," and "Aftermath." This series of novels is set in the early 24th Century, and will explore what happens when humanity makes first contact with a sentient alien race. As humanity and the Cryp'lar descend into war, the protagonist of the story must journey to the alien home-world to discover something that could end the war, and restore Earth to its former glory. The final novel is a separate story, but takes place in the same universe - with a new group of protagonists rediscovering the events of the first three novels.
The graphic novels will be made by traditionally pencilling and inking pages, to later be scanned and formatted digitally. They will then be sent to a printing studio to be published, with original covers designed at the later stages of production. All four novels will be monochromatic to better suit the style of traditional graphic novels, with the exception of full colour digital covers for each.
With this project, I intend to communicate moral and human issues through the characters and events that I present in my narrative. I hope to provoke readers and make them think about issues that they may not have been presented with before, and offer a larger view of the grey areas that come with morality and humanity. I also hope to engage readers by adding layers of structure and subtext into the story - some of which following popular themes such as the 'Hero's Journey', while others more closely follow Greek mythological tales like 'Orpheus in the Underworld'.
Evaluation
The commercial application for my project could be encouraging readers of the first book to gradually pick up and work their way through the rest of the series. This would help them to become more engrossed in the universe, and possibly more invested in the overall narrative. By selling them either individually or as a set, it also gives the consumer more options of how to experience the graphic novels - not forcing them to get the whole set at once if they do not enjoy the first book.
I feel that by appealing to a younger adult audience I can help lead readers to think about broader subjects in life, and possibly help inspire them to go on to work towards educating more people about these themes. It will also inform them that nothing is ever as black-and-white as they may think it is.
A potential use for my project could be to educate younger readers on deeper philosophical/existential subjects that might not be the focus of most modern fiction novels aimed towards a similar audience. I could develop on from the creation of these graphic novels by writing full novels for each of the books and completing the narrative. This would not only help to fully flesh out the universe I will create, but also fulfil my aspiration to author a fiction book series.
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